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Press Release – European industry, trade unions and NGOs jointly support the EESC’s call for a financial incentive to enhance sustainable ship recycling
Today, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an own initiative opinion that calls on the European Commission to introduce an incentive that will “eliminate the… Read More
Published in October 20th, 2016
Platform News – Investigative journalists catch Maersk red-handed in Alang
Conditions at beaching yard strongly criticised Investigative journalists from Danwatch today release their comprehensive report on the reality inside Shree Ram shipbreaking yard in Alang, India, where… Read More
Published in October 13th, 2016
Platform News – The new lobbyist of beaching, Maersk, ignores concerns of environmental and human rights experts
When Maersk decided earlier this year to sell two end-of-life ships to beaching yards in Alang, India, a broad coalition of European environmental and human rights NGOs… Read More
Published in October 06th, 2016
Platform News – NGO Shipbreaking Platform demands European Ship Recycling Licence
In a position paper published today, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform calls on the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States to support the introduction of a… Read More
Published in October 05th, 2016
Platform News – SAVE THE DATE: “The Circular Economy” on 13 October 2016 in Brussels
The Circular Economy will be high up on the agenda of an event organised by the European Parliament’s S&D Group on Thursday 13 October 2016. The Platform’s… Read More
Published in October 03rd, 2016
Platform News – Legambiente joins Platform’s campaign for sustainable ship recycling
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform welcomes onboard Legambiente, its first-ever Italian member organization. Legambiente is a non-profit association created in 1980 for the safeguard of the environment and… Read More
Published in September 19th, 2016
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #10
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes today the tenth South Asia Quarterly Update, a briefing paper in which it informs about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and… Read More
Published in August 10th, 2016
Platform News – ECSA’s Alang report turns a blind eye on problems of beaching method
The European Community Shipowners’ Association’s (ECSA) has published a report on their visit to the Alang shipbreaking yards in India last April. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform criticises… Read More
Published in July 20th, 2016
Press Release – European Commission report recommends the introduction of a Ship Recycling License
Ships regardless of their flag should not be allowed to call at any EU port without a ship recycling license to incentivise sustainable ship recycling, a European… Read More
Published in July 06th, 2016
Platform News – Surge of fatal accidents in Chittagong
10 shipbreaking workers killed or severely injured in one month only At least five shipbreaking workers have been killed and five more severely injured in a series… Read More
Published in June 27th, 2016
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